The lump sum payable on the death of an active member F1or a non-contributing member , who is not also a deferred member or a pensioner member, is an amount equal to twice the member's reckonable pay.

F5In the case of a 2008 Section Optant, this is subject to regulation 136W F8and in the case of a Waiting Period Joiner, this is subject to regulation 136ZB.

The lump sum payable on the death of a deferred member, who F3was not an active member or non-contributing member or a pensioner member, is an amount equal to the member's deferred annual pension, multiplied by 2.25.

The lump sum payable on the death of a recent leaver is an amount equal to the deferred annual pension to which the person would have been entitled if the person were entitled to such a pension calculated by reference to the pensionable service the recent leaver was entitled to count in the service that has ceased, multiplied by 2.25.

References in this regulation to a member's deferred annual pension are to the annual pension, in respect of any period of pensionable service, to which the member would have been entitled under regulation 45 (normal retirement pensions) if on the date of death the member had become entitled to such a pension (other than any additional pension).

If a pensioner member exercised the option under regulation 62 (election to allocate pension), the reference in paragraph (2)(a) to the amount of the pension payments already made to the member is a reference to the amount of the pension payments that would have been made apart from the election.